The Better Business Bureau of Alaska, Oregon and Western Washington are warning residents of a “phishing” scam is using the non-profit organization’s name in emails and blogs to con consumers and businesses into revealing their personal information.

The e-mails, titled “Attention Better Business Bureaus Consumers!” asks “registered and new BBB consumers” to click a link to register new software and update contact information.

The BBB advises anyone receiving a suspicious e-mail to not open the message or not click on any links, because doing so could enable a download of a virus or spyware.

Instead, forward the message to phishing@council.bbb.org so it is reported to U.S. Secret Service’s Electronic Crimes Task Force. Updates on the phishing attack are on the BBB Web site at the Security and Alerts Web page at http://www.bbb.org/securityalerts.